20 workers exposed to carbon monoxide hospitalized in Kansas

HUTCHINSON — About 20 employees from a Reno County manufacturing plant were sent to the hospital Monday after being exposed to carbon monoxide in the workplace.

SYT USA official Alex Birkenfeldt tells The Hutchinson News (http://bit.ly/2kGyRRZ ) that employees were suspicious something was wrong when they began complaining of headaches at the plant. They were all evacuated a couple of hours later.

Birkenfeldt says the hospitalizations are a precautionary measure after emergency medical personnel conducted evaluations on-site. The employees’ conditions were not immediately available.

While firefighters at the scene said carbon monoxide levels were high, Birkenfeldt says the exposure was due to a leak in one of the gas heaters. The heater has since been shut down.